Sabtu, 03 September 2016

dreams do come true

Hi Church,
I wanted to give you a snapshot, in the article below, of
what a difference you help make in the lives of the village girls of
Liberty School. Enjoy reading about how you are making dreams of an
education come true!

You make dreams of an education for girls come true

One African girl’s perspective on growing up in the village:

When
you live in something you don’t think about it. I was the first of
eight children. As a result, I didn’t really have time to reflect on
what was around me. That is how girls are there—you get married, then
you have children. You never really question it.
But when I was young, all I knew is that I didn’t want to
live the life my mother was living. I wanted a job. I wanted to be
working. The hardship and hard life that my mother—and girls in
general—faced inspired and motivated me to have a life different than
that.

SO many girls are in this very situation, but there is NO
alternative than to follow in the footsteps of their mother: marry as a
young girl, have children, and care for the family against all odds.

Women and girls would go through female genital mutilation and get married right away.
Once you’re married you have to start having children and
then having to feed those children. The women become so busy and
overwhelmed that they forget about what they went through. There’s no
time for reflection. You now have this husband and he probably beats you
and you don’t have food, so you become focused on that.

What a difference for the girls you help us rescue!When
you give a girl an opportunity and new thoughts about the dignity that
God created them for, they change! These are comments we hear from the
girls of Liberty School every time we visit!

I plan to be a lawyer who stands up for those who are suffering from injustice.

I plan to go to the University and I would even like to be a politician who will help my people!